Scott vetoed a tax bill that included an amendment he opposed dealing with a dispute in Key West between a private landowner and the Monroe County property appraiser. The bill (SB 354) was intended to save Southeast Housing, a British company, millions of dollars, by declaring certain military property exempt from property taxes retroactive to 2007.

Monroe County slapped Southeast Housing with an $11 million bill for overdue property taxes last year after discovering that the company was renting tax-exempt military housing to civilians. Southeast acquired nearly 900 housing units from the Navy in 2007.

Scott said the bill also could have imposed taxes on some housing on military installations that is now tax exempt.

"This will hurt Florida's military installations," Scott said in a veto message.

Scott also vetoed bills that would relax the record-keeping requirements for child abuse death review panels that meet in private, as well as a bill that would have shortened from five years to three years the time frame in which a judge would have to decide whether a defendant was mentally competent.

The bills Scott signed dealt with alcoholic beverages, timeshares and changes to highway safety laws.

Scott signed a bill into law that allowed craft distillers to sell two bottles of products to each customer. He also okayed changes to timeshare laws that are designed to speed up the foreclosure process.

Scott's office got dozens of calls of opposition from motorists to the highway bill (HB 7125), because it will shift some traffic violation cases from the courts to administrative hearing officers.

The bill also creates five new specialty license tags and provides a 60-day period in which a motorist ticketed for a red light camera violation can pay the fine, identify another driver who was in control or seek a hearing. The bill also prevents local governments from ticketing a motorist turning right on a red light as long as his or her vehicle comes to a stop before making a legal right turn.